Swine fever quarantine shouldn't burden taxpayers

Andrew Marshall
Updated October 17 2019 - 9:28am, first published October 16 2019 - 4:00pm
Taxpayer lobby angry with pork tourist's deportation
Taxpayer lobby angry with pork tourist's deportation

Australia's uncompromising stand against illegal food imports and the risk of African swine fever has provoked a harsh response from the nation's taxpayer lobby, upset about the costs involved.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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